death comes

death comes.

sometimes with a
   sickle
sometimes with a
   hammer
sometimes with a
   clamp for the
heart.

or maybe death is a
   season of our
lives.

we do not know.

we do not know
   if death is our friend.

we do not know
   if death is a prayer
      or a cloud or a
   symphony of
angels.

after all this human time,
   we still do not know.

death simply comes
   with a sack of
      daylight or of
dark.

& when death comes
   for you or for your
      lover or for your
   dad

   take heart in
      thoughts of

   loving
kindness

for death is a yearning
   river &
      forever is a
   sparkling
sea.